Brocade DCX 8510, 6505 and 6510: EOS Dates and Source Notice

Vendor EOS dates

Product	End of support
Brocade 8510 / DCX 8510	April 30, 2025
Brocade 6505	April 30, 2025
Brocade 6510	June 17, 2025

These dates come from Broadcom’s Gen 5 EOS alert. The stored note incorrectly gives the 6505 the same June 17 date as the 6510; the table corrects that discrepancy.

Unverified statement in the stored notice

The original notice claims that DCX 8510 switches running FOS 8.2.2c or later stop allowing certain commands when EOS is reached. A matching official statement establishing this behavior was not found during this review. EOS dates alone do not prove that CLI commands are disabled. Treat the following as the original notice’s unverified list, not a verified description of switch behavior:

bladeportmap
setdbg
fosredirout
portlogdump
fabriclog
portcamshow
supportshow
supportsave
tracedump
errshow
errshowall
errdump
rtedebug
rasdecode
tracedecode
auditdump
snmpsupportdump
agdump
errdump all
femdump
firmwaredownload
firmwarecleaninstall
date <change>

The original notice advises careful firmware-version planning before EOS. Confirm supported firmware, certificates/licensing, service coverage and platform-migration options with the equipment vendor. Do not downgrade firmware or change the clock merely on the basis of this unverified list. SANnav monitoring restrictions, if applicable to a particular release, are separate from availability of commands on the switch itself.

Official Broadcom Gen 5 EOS alert.

Original case/reference: stored source.